acorns
wasps, fire ants
Some worms are able to drill holes into the developing acorns to lay their larvae such as the weevil worms. From there, the larvae will hatch inside the acorn, feeding on the nutmeat for three weeks.
Boy! daisy ain't got no natural predator! is a flower!!
Black [Quercus kelloggii, Quercus velutina], red [Quercus rubra, Quercus falcata] and white oak [Quercus alba] trees are the sources of the acorns that the acorn weevil [Curculio glandium] prefers. That's because these acorns provide good shelter for the female weevil's eggs and good food sources for the larvae into which the eggs hatch. Once the nutmeat has been eaten and the larvae gone, these vacant acorns still have uses for other wildlife. Specifically, acorn moth caterpillars, fruit flies, and fungus gnats use the insides as temporary shelters. In fact, they all enter and exit by the holes that the acorn weevils first drill with the sharp jaws at the end of their long snouts.
An Apex Predator.
Weevils eat salvinia and so does the black bittern
Believe it or not, the largest natural predator of a moose is the killer whale or orca.
the natural predator to the crayfish is the common seagull
a l'hoest monkey natural predator is large cats and big birds
Believe it or not, the largest natural predator of a moose is the killer whale or orca.
If it's a mottled tan color it might be an acorn weevil. They use the proboscis to drill into the acorns where they lay their eggs.http://www.cirrusimage.com/beetle_weevil_acorn.htm